What would you like to see in Cacko 1.22 ROM?

[maslovsky]

4. Fix for problems when trying to mount SD Cards using the Z configured for storage (sometimes mount read only ??)

I think the only useful bit may be 4.

I'm not sure what application that will be. That's probably a kernel module?

[maslovsky]

I'm not sure if this is workable (Sharp problem?), but I'd like to be
able to enter whitespace in the ESSID name in the WLAN Networking tool.
It somewhat bugs me that I have to go edit config files for this one
simple task while otherwise the Networking GUI fullfills my needs.

We don't have sources for the Sharp utilities.

Besides, the Symbol Spectrum WLAN card drivers need updating. It
seems that the included version does not like access points with 802.11b
AND g functionality. I've debugged this for two days now and it seems
to be a linux driver problem. The newest Symbol Windows drivers work
fine, so the card itself is OK.

As I mentioned I'm planning to include latest versions of bluetooth and wireless drivers along with kernel patched to Wireless Extetions 15.

[nianderson]

how far out from a release do you expect we are? no rush just curious we all appriciate everything

[maslovsky]

How about including libssl.0.9.7 in the ROM this time?  Since Cacko has libcrypto for SSH but not any of the other OpenSSL libs, it does not have the complete set of libraries for other apps (Kphone comes to mind).  So, either including all of OpenSSL, or a seperate package with just the missing libs would be nice.

Thanks!

Are there any companitility issues with the libraries? I remember some posts from people installing OpenSSH and breaking SSH in Cacko ROM. Is this resolved?

[maslovsky]

I have one, what about fixing the problems with cacko and the hardware clock? Mine doesn't want to keep time properly...

What do you mean?

[iamasmith]

The only problem I have is writing to my 1GIG sd (msdos format) card.  Large writes like MP3 files cause the file system to go "read only".

I am happy to see the Cacko ROM continue.

Maybe this is what is fixed in point 4 of the 1.40JP update. - I just ran the Japanese page through the excite translation stuff so I can't say it was specifically related to just happening at mount time.

[maslovsky]

Well... this thread has been running for three weeks. Any decisions about a next release? My only concern with the modular approach is about how long it will take to update/test the modules once the new core is released. I hope that this ROM continues to progress.

Yes, it does continue. Just keep in mind that maintaining Cacko ROM is not my full time job, so I'm trying to find as much spare time as possible...

[iamasmith]

I have one, what about fixing the problems with cacko and the hardware clock? Mine doesn't want to keep time properly...

What do you mean?

Omega,

This could be by any chance related to having to perform a reset could it ?

As part of the normal shutdown the system time gets saved and reloaded when the system boots again. If you, say for instance, had to pull the battery then the time never gets saved and will be reloaded from the last successful shutdown time.

Could that be it or is it possibly something else ?

[maslovsky]

Hi,

I am also glad to see that the Cacko ROM isn't dead!  

Maybe it has been addressed before but I coldn't find it:

What I need is a bug fix in the IMAP mail connection if this is possible. My mail account at web.de has predefined folders with German umlaut like "Unerwünscht". This causes the IMAP to creates a folder "ünscht" and then stop with an error message.

The other solution would be to use a different mail client. But this would also mean to use a different address book and so on.

Many thanks for the nice Cacko Rom      

Jan

There is nothing we can do about existing Sharp PIM application - we have no source code. I've tried mail apps from 5600 and 6000 devices. The 6000 version doesn't start - it has some dependencies on 6000-specific libsl. The 5600 version has some issues with the font sizes. We're stuck with the the email client that came with C series...

[maslovsky]

Anton, I would suggest that if you aren't happy with testing feedback on these tools before you are ready to ship the next ROM version that you shift the fdisk and e2fsprogs to an IPK install so that people have the option of installing either the original or the newer set of tools without having to faff around with the path statements.

Sorry for not getting back to you - was very busy. Yes, I am planning to either include the new tools or build them as a package.

[Ling]

Well... this thread has been running for three weeks. Any decisions about a next release? My only concern with the modular approach is about how long it will take to update/test the modules once the new core is released. I hope that this ROM continues to progress.

Yes, it does continue. Just keep in mind that maintaining Cacko ROM is not my full time job, so I'm trying to find as much spare time as possible...

Thanks. I am amazed that any of you folks decide to share your work (for free). Also, you are the most responsive ROM/App person on the forum, so thanks. If I can get the email fully functional (the addressbook integration in alphabetical (English) order) and a working video player, I will be glad to contribute to reimburse you for your work. Thanks again. Waiting patiently.

[maslovsky]

Thanks. I am amazed that any of you folks decide to share your work (for free). Also, you are the most responsive ROM/App person on the forum, so thanks. If I can get the email fully functional (the addressbook integration in alphabetical (English) order) and a working video player, I will be glad to contribute to reimburse you for your work. Thanks again. Waiting patiently

I'm not sure I'll get to fix the e-mail app, although I'll try again to use 5600 version of it. However I'm planning to update kino2 player to be more full featured, including support for playlists and remote control. Then it will be the default player for the ROM, other players will be moved into IPKs.

[stupkid]

Regarding the openssl package.  You can break SSH if you install the wrong ssl package and overwrite the /usr/lib/libcrypto.so with an incompatible version.  This package:

http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus/showdetail.php?app=1416

installs under /opt/QtPalmtop/lib that does not cause problems, but they are all old (and there are known exploits) and it would be nice to have a known good package for Cacko.

[stupkid]

I've been looking at the Ko/PI PIsync apps.  They are looking quite good, I don't know if it is mature enough yet, but they are looking VERY nice.  So Maslovsky, what do you think of switching out the DTM PIMS with the Ko/PI versions?  I know that some of the DTM databases are needed for Qtopia to load so perhaps this is a silly idea.

Oh, the Ko/PI PIM apps could solve alot of the functionality problems that people are having with DTM PIMs.

[clofland]

Well, please don't dump anything completely. I use the Sharp included PIM's daily (and sycn them with Outlook) as well as the Sharp included Mail app. I also use both Opera and NetFront. For some reason some sites work better with one and some with the other. Go figure. I also still use the Sharp included media player for movie files. For some reason, I guess I convert them wrong, Kino 2 does not work as well for the DVD's that I have converted.

So I guess I vote for keeping what is in the current ROM.  Or, if you do pull anything, like the Sharp media player, make an IPK for it so we can add it back in easily if we find Kino just doesn't do the job for us. (Which is a shame, b/c Kino is very cool.)

I am open to the idea of installing some things as IPK's, but after a while, if I am installing everything back on that was taken off, the point gets lost.

On the other hand, it makes updates easier that way. The "Proto ROM" or "Kompany ROM" that Proto put out (that was mostly a copy of the Cacko ROM) used a modular aproach. It included no software and you intalled it all via IPK. That made it VERY easy for Proto to release patches to any one package. (Until he dissapeared off of the face of the planet.)

It would be interesting to see what the actual space usage difference would be between an approach like Proto's ROM where all apps are IPKs put on after the ROM, and one where every app under the sun was prepackaged in the ROM.